Price card or ticket



Feb. 16,1926. 1,573,403

H.HOPPETAL PRICE GARD 0R TICKET Filed June 15, 1925 particular construction of price cards Patented Fein. 16, i926.

l,5ll,403 PATENT? OFFICE.

HERMANN HOP? AND LEG EGE?, OF NEW/V YORK, h. ASSGNORS TO HOPP PRESS,

INC., OF NEW" YORK, IN. Li.,

A. CORFORATON OF'NEW YORK.

E'RCE CARD OR TICItET.

Application filed June 13, 1925.

;ment in Price Cards or Tickets, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in price cards, tickets or the like and it pertains more specifically to a or tickets whereby two of such cards may he used together to designate the price of an article in the unit in which said article is ordinarily sold.

. The invention contemplates the use of a plurality of cards or tickets which are interchangeable and adapted to be used together in interchangeable relation in order that the same cards may he employed for articles sold -in different units.

The invention further contemplates means for securing or retaining two of said cards together in order that theyinay he retained in operative or display position 'for the purpose intended.

.lV'th the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing two cards and the manner of theiruse in accordance with the preferred form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse, sectional view of the two cards taken on the line 2-2 of Figferent cards of the same general type and illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Referring more spccitically to the drawings, and particularly to Figures l to el, the reference numeral 10 designates a card. This card has printed thereon a character 11 which in Figure 3 is the numeral Ll and in Figure l is the numeral 5. The card 10 is 'cut transversely along the lines 12, 13 and 14 and itl is also cut at rightangles to the lines 12, 13 and 1i upon the line 15 which extends from the line 12 to the line 14. This cutting ofthe cards provides two tahs 16 semi No. saves.

and 17, each of which is printed or otherwise provided with characters 1S. rl"hese characters 1S are in the case of the tah 16 the word For and in the case ot' the tab 1T, the legend Lbs, These tahs 16 and 1T are adapted to 'fold upon the dotted line 1!) so that citi-cr one or both oi them may he folded to a point where they occupy a position in spaced relation with respect to the body portion of the card or ticket l0.

rlhe reference numeral designates a second card and said second card is provided with characters 26 which in the present instance is 1l and associated with said characters 26, there is a designating character 2T which in the present instance is the character c used for designating cents.

The cards or tickets are adapted to he used in the following manner.

Assuming that it is desir-ed to display the price of a commodity, for example, salt, the sale price of which would be l pounds for 1446, the ticket 25 would then be inserted under hoth of the tabs. 1G and 17 as shown in Figure 2. The display would then read: 4 lhs. for lett-1. lf desired, however7 the card 25 may he placed under only the tab 17 in such a position as. to obscure the tah 1G in which position the legend would read: el lhs. 1li-c, as shown in Figure 1. It is obvious that the two cards may he used in either manner.

Assuming now, that the article on which it is desired to displayv a price is sold as an article rather than in the unit of pounds, if now,1 the card 25 is placed beneath the tah 16 with the tab 1T obscured by the upper edge of the card 25. it will he obvious that the legend then will read: Ll for 14d.

By employing cards 10 which are printed with various characters 11 and cards 25 which are printed with various characters 2G, it is obvious that any two ot' these cards may he used together as shown in Figure 1 for the purpose of displayinga numher of articles, which will he sold 'for a given price or the numher of units of the article which will he sold for a given price.

ln that form of the invention shown in Figures and 6, the cards 30 are divided in one direction into two areas 31 and 32, it being understood that this is done on the opposite faces of the card. Each of these :ards cut out as described heretofore to provide tabs 33 and 3l which tabs cai-rfiY the characters For and Lbs,7 respectively.

By following this method, it is obvious that one card will provide four characters 36 and that the number ot cards necessary to be carried in stock in order to give the maximum range of characters or numbers will be materially reduced sinceveach card may be used to display tour characters or numbers. It is to be understood that this type of card is used in combination with a price card such as 25 in the preferred torni ot' the invention and that the two cards when retained in display position will be similar in appearance to the two cards shown in the preferred form ott-he invention illustrated in Figure l. t

rlhe cards are formed from relatively stili cardboard or paper and the tabs when positioned over the lower card, as shown in Figs ure 2, will be sutiicient to retain the two cards against movement relative to each other and insure or' their occupying at all timestheir prop-er relative position and thus 'providing a `neat appearing price mariier which is capable of display upon the shelves ot a store in which the articles are oiered for sale.

v Having' thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A price display system comprising two cards adapted oruse in combination with eachother, printed matter upon each of said cards whichY when the cards are used to` getlier forms a portion ot a complete readable legend, anda plurality of tabs formed in one ot' said cards, one edge of one ot said cardsbeing adapted to underlie one or both formed integrally with one ot said cards and A adapted to singly or togetherfoverlie the edge of another ot said cards to retain the two cards in overlapped position, and charf aciers carried by said tabs and adapted when read in combination with the char-V acters carried by the cards to form a coniplete readable legend.

3. As an articlel ct manufacture, a card, characters associated therewith, a plurality of tabs formed in said card adjacent said characters, said tabs having characters f thereon, a second card adapted for securement to the iirst mentioned card by having' one oi its edges positioned beneath one of said tabs and in a position to obscure the other ot saidltabs, and characters associated with the second mentioned card whereby a complete legend including' vthe characters of the first mentioned card, they displayed tab and the second mentioned card will be had when two oiE said cards are positioned in superimposed relation.

Signed at New York, New York, this 28th dayvot' May, '19:25. V

, HERMANN HOPP.

LEO HOPP. 

